It’s getting harder for people reconcile the phrase “transplant recipient” with Joseph Greenwood these days.

This year marks the 26th annual Children’s Miracle Network Celebration Broadcast at McLeod, which celebrates the successes achieved at McLeod Children’s Hospital.

Quietly sleeping, 12-month old Jamiey Dandleallen Teal looks like any other 1-year-old baby. Her long eyelashes rest on chubby cheeks, her lips are open in a relaxed bow, and wisps of feathery-soft hair fall across her head. If it weren’t for the tube leading to a tracheostomy and the oxygen tank sitting nearby, there would be little evidence of her daunting first year of life to the casual observer.

Kenyeon Lloyd is described by his parents as a vibrant and lively 19-month-old boy who loves nothing better than to run around and get into everything he can. He was a completely different child six months ago, when he suffered a near fatal case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV.

The Children’s Miracle Network and McLeod Children’s Hospital are gearing up to celebrate the lives of children saved through the donations of people throughout the country with the Miracle Parade. The parade is a kick-off to the Children’s Miracle Network Celebration broadcast and will begin at 5 p.m. Friday.

Exuding boundless energy and a mischievous grin that shows his missing top front teeth, Nasir Montgomery reminds one of any other 4-year-old little boy. But during his third week of life, Alexan Green almost lost her son to a congenital heart condition.

Kimaree Haskins and Demetrias “Cheeks” Lewis had prayed that someday they would have a child of their own.

Nine-year-old Maggie Bailey of Pamplico is an answer to her parents’ prayers.

On Wednesday, May 21st, members of the WBTW News13 news team paid a visit to McLeod Children’s Hospital in Florence, in preparation of the upcoming Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Telethon.